FC Dallas earns a point on the road with a 1-1 draw against Houston Dynamo FC

• FC Dallas wins 2024 Texas Derby with tonight’s draw and last month’s win over Houston
• Forward Petar Musa scored his team-high fifth goal of the season
• Local midfielder Nolan Norris made his first start of the year

HOUSTON, Texas (May 18, 2024) – FC Dallas recovered from a goal down to tie Houston Dynamo FC 1-1 thanks to Petar Musa’s second-half goal at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday night.

FC Dallas won the 2024 Texas Derby, the regular season series between Dallas and Houston, thanks to tonight’s draw and last month’s victory over Dynamo. FC Dallas will keep El Capitán, the replica of the 19th century cannon, in its stadium for the third year in a row. El Capitán has been at Toyota Stadium for six of the last seven years.

Before tonight, FC Dallas was 0-4-0 while trailing at halftime. Dallas ended the streak this evening following Petar Musa’s equalizer. Dallas has also failed to win its last five matches, conceding its first goal in MLS dating back to its 2-1 home win over the San Jose Earthquakes on February 25. Dallas is now 3-1-1 in its last five matches in all competitions. .

FC Dallas native Nolan Norris got his first start of the 2024 season in Houston today. This was Norris’ third start since signing as a homegrown player from FC Dallas in November 2022.

Dallas striker Petar Musa scored the equalizer in the 69th minute after taking advantage of a Houston error. Jesús Ferreira passed to Bernard Kamungo who assisted Musa. Musa now has five goals in his first season in MLS.

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FC Dallas faces the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL Championship in the Round of 16 of the Open Cup this Wednesday, May 22 at 6:30 p.m. CT from Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida. The match will be broadcast on mlssoccer.com, the FC Dallas app in Spanish and English, and Talk Radio 1190 AM in English.

Following the Open Cup match, FC Dallas returns to Toyota Stadium against Real Salt Lake on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. CT during Night at the Museum presented by WinStar World Casino & Resort. The game will be broadcast on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, on the FC Dallas app in Spanish and English and on Talk Radio 1190 AM in English.

FC Dallas — Maarten Paes, Sam Junqua, Nkosi Tafari, Sébastien Ibeagha, Marco Farfan, Patrickson Delgado (Carl Sainté – 65′), Nolan Norris (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 65′), Ema Twumasi (Herbert Endeley – 53′), Jesús Ferreira (Sebastian Lletget – 81′), Bernard Kamungo (Eugene Ansah – 86′), Petar Musa (Logan Farrington – 81′).

Unused substitutes — Jimmy Maurer, Omar Gonzalez, Dante Sealy.

Houston Dynamo — Steve Clark (Andrew Tarbell – 73′), Daniel Steres (Tate Schmitt – 83′), Micael, Erik Sviatchenko, Griffin Dorsey, Artur, Héctor Herrera (McKinze Gaines – 83′ (Gabriel Segal – 89′)), Ibrahim Aliyu , Amine Bassi, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Sebastian Kowalczyk (Latif Blessing – 68′).

Unused substitutes —Brad Smith, Ethan Bartlow, Ján Gregus, Brooklyn Raines

Summary of scores:HOU: Amine Bassi (Daniel Stères) – 45+6′
DAL: Petar Moussa (Bernard Kamungo) – 68′